The Lunar Queen (Lyric and Mason) novel Chapter 90

Chapter 90

Lyric POV

The next morning I wake up to sparks across my stomach. I open my eyes and find Cole placing small kisses all across my stomach.

“Good morning, my king,” I say, smiling at him.

“Good morning, princess. How did you sleep?” he asks.

“Better than I have in a long time,” I say.

“Good, you in the mood for breakfast with your pack?” he asks.

“Yes, I’m good,” I say.

“Good, because my pups need to eat,” he says, lightly smacking my butt. I suck in a breath, swatting at him, but the warmth blooming in my chest doesn’t fade-this feels safe, normal, ours.

We shower together and have a quickie before we get dressed and head down for breakfast.

When we walk into the dining room, everybody is already here. Cole grabs two plates and makes one for both of us. I sit down next

to Iris.

“Good morning, everybody,” I say to the table.

I turn to Iris. “I was hoping we can do something fun today, get to know each other better,” I say.

“I would like that very much,” she says.

“So I was thinking we head to the neutral territory and get a paintball game in today, guys,” I say.

Everybody looks at me like I lost my mind.

“What? Winter, 1 paintball all the time,” I say.

“Why do you do all these hardcore things for fun, archery, paintball?” Hunter says.

I roll my eyes. “It’s not even that bad, and archery is a good skill to have during war or attacks,” I say, shrugging.

Cole kisses my head. “Eat first and then we can do whatever you want,” he says.

“Lyric, honey, can we talk before you leave?” Mom says.

“Sure, Mom,” I say.

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“Why are you eating so much?” Winter links me.

“I’m pregnant,” I link back.

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“She is too,” Nova says.

I scream out loud, my fork clattering against my plate as the sharp sound cuts through the room and every conversation dies

instantly.

Nova shows me a vision and it’s a few months from now in the palace and all of us are pregnant-me, Winter, Iris and Mira.

“Is that real?” I ask Nova, my pulse kicking up as the image lingers too vividly behind my eyes.

“You okay, princess?” Cole asks, his hand already at my back, grounding, steady, like he feels the shift in me before I do.

“Yes,” I say. “Nova just gave me great news.”

“You’re pregnant too,” I link Winter.

I see her eyes go wide. “Seriously?” she links.

“Yes, we’re all pregnant,” I link.

After I eat I follow Mom and Dad into the garden.

“I believe this is a conversation for all of your children,” I say. “Can you guys come out here?”

A few minutes later they walk out.

“What’s going on, Ly?” Hunter asks.

“Our parents are going to tell us why they had us all thinking Summer and I were twins when we were triplets,” I say.

They both look at each other-too long, too quiet-and something in my chest tightens before they even speak.

“Summer was not your twin, you and Iris were twins,” Dad says softly.

I feel my anger rising, slow at first, then sharp and fast, like something inside me finally snapping loose.

“How did you do it?” I ask.

“Because we were the same age and the entire pack thought she was your pup,” I growl.

“When your mother gave birth and we saw that both of you were spitting images of our first Luna Queen, we knew the prophecy

was now active and we thought they would come for both of you,” Mom says, her tears falling freely.

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“An omega who’s mate died while she was pregnant gave birth the same night as I did, but she died while giving birth, so we did

what we thought was best and separated you two,” Dad says.

“So we sent Iris to your grandparents’ pack in the hopes that keeping you separated would keep you hidden,” Mom says.

“So you’re telling me you adopted an omega’s baby and made everyone think she was yours, then you let her overshadow your REAL pup-the one you carried because she was quiet-and that left the door open for her to constantly hurt me and abuse me? She tried

to kill me twice,” I scream out.

“Lyric, your eyes are glowing purple again,” Hunter says.

“She had me assaulted and beaten, and you saw nothing,” I growl, my voice dropping, roughening as Nova presses closer inside me.

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